How To Top Up The Pressure On Your Ideal Boiler 

One and a half hours reading the manual and getting nowhere then 90 seconds of your advise and up and running !! Thank you very much indeed .

Your video has been a life saver for me today! As a single woman with absolutely no clue on boilers, who was no less clueless after reading the manual.. I could have cried with happiness at Finding your video and following your simple steps to get my house warm again on a night where temperatures are falling to -4c… thank you SO much!

My wife and I watched the video together. By the time I closed RU-vid and turned off the PC my wife had gone to the boiler and fixed the low pressure!!! Thank you so much Colin

5 years on and this video is still saving people! The Manual wasn't helpful showing me 2 blue valves and I couldn't see it as boiler so low in cupboard... My man, you saved ass freezing off even more than normal and got me heat that I wasn't paying for!!! Give that man a medal!!

This is my type of video, straight to the point with no nonsense.

What a fantastic video - simple, clear and no messing around! Thank you!

I'm a student in a student house that was suddenly freezing after I came back from the Christmas holidays. Boiler had low pressure. Such a helpful video! Saved me from a very cold night thank you!

I just followed the instructions and topped up my boiler pressure as a woman this has been an accomplishment today. Thank you so much for the helpful video!

Thanks. Worked a treat! Helped me get the heat back on quickly on a cold, frosty evening.

Thank you so much. Had new boiler fitted 6 months ago and bathroom radiator had a lot of air in. Your video was fantastic. The plumber who fitted the boiler pressurised the system then disconnected the filler loop and capped it off, presumably so I would have to call him out to sort it. Fortunately with my moderate knowledge of plumbing and thanks your video, it is all up and running again.

What a life saver, Colin! I can't thank you enough, may God gives you the best in this life 🙏❤

You would nearly think this is a big secret from talking to boiler guys so thanks so much for sharing this simple but highly effective tip, you're a lifesaver 👍

Thanks I was flapping a bit this morning looked at the manual didn’t have a clue, watch your video and the house is warm again and I have gotten hot water. A big thank you great video

Going from just below 1 to 1.4 on our Ideal Combi transformed the hot tap pressure in our house. The bath & shower now run so much better than before just by turning a couple of levers! (though the left lever was v.stiff so maybe it was just not properly open). I've gone from zero to hero: Missus having a meltdown has been avoided! Thank you Sir Legend.

Fantastic easy explanation, first time I’ve had to do this. Much easier to understand than the instructions in the manual.

Same as others, plenty time reading the manual and with your video we re pressurised in seconds! Nice and simple thank you!

Million thanks. I'm 72 and found your video very clear and easy to follow. Heating now on.

Thank you! After returning from 2 weeks hol the pressure was zero, no hot water and no heating. Manual made no sense to me. Your video had it sorted in 10 seconds. Thank you.

Merry Christmas Colin! You saved our Christmas! Your fantastic straightforward clear video helped me to find the right handles to use to top up the pressure on our boiler in a very cold house on Christmas morning. Thanks so much. Hope you have the best Christmas. 😁👍🏼🎄

Nearly called a boiler out; you just saved me a call out fee for a ten second fix! Thank you

Bailed me out of a stressful situation, many thanks

So helpful thank you so much. Very easy to follow and saved me spending £120 on a British Gas engineer call out 🙏🏾

Such a life saver! Looked at other videos but they don't have the exact boiler so wasn't too sure what to do. Glad I found this video, thank you so much!

Thank you!! So helpful! It’s 2am and I was dreading having a cold shower 😂 saved me time from calling someone in the morning!!

heating and water hot water went off,i wasnt having much luck with boiler manual,i was about to call out engineer then i remembered youtube!!!!! id fixed it in minutes,thank you

Brilliant advice! Simple and straight to the point. Thank you very much!

Waiting for my boiler installer when I thought of you tube. Tried this and it worked immediately ..Thankyou

Thank you for keeping this super short and sweet!

As belows comments... instruction book made me feel like attempting brain surgery, your instructions were so easy to follow , and successful too !!!!

Thank you so much , this is my new boiler and I managed to do this so much easier with your wonderful instruction

Woke up this frosty icy morning to a dead boiler. After panicked messages to my landlady I realized that the boiler needed repressurising! This video helped me to repressurise the system and get the heating and hot water back on in time to get ready for work!

Thank you for this guide I was able to follow your instructions and now my heat is on again. 🎉

Just popped back again for my annual tutorial. Thanks again. See you next year. 😂

Wow lol I'd been struggling for hours, legend

Did this video this morning and hey bingo worked perfect

Lovely stuff. One of the blue handles was really stiff so I had to wrap a tea towel around my hand as I forced it open. Not sure why. All working grand though. Cheers.

Saves me 60 quid call-out fee tomorrow and a cold morning shower. This is what the old RU-vid was for!

Thank you for this!!! Heating is up and running again

Thank You saved a load of hassle with all the different taps and pipes... Followed you to the letter Brilliant... 🤩🤩

The house was cold, now it’s not. I’m happy. Thumbs up 👍

Oh my goodness thank you so so much for showing me how to put the pressure up.👍👍

Total legend....now up and running..

Thank you for your help to understand and solve the troublesome water heater.

The amount of times I've came back to this video 😆 thanks again for the 100th time x

Thank You for sharing this video it is simple and easy to follow within a few minutes my boiler started working.🙏😊

Much easier to represurise the boiler using this short clip. The manual isn't clear at all! Thank you.

Ohh thanks I been spending 30min. Every night and trying worm up on luck.but now I fully understand.

Easy to follow instructions. Thanks mate.

I wish I could like this video more than once. I'd do it every year when I bleed my radiators and can't remember how to top the boiler up again. 😂

Hi, your video is very helpful. But my boiler has 1 blue lever and besides 1 black lever. I'm now little bit confused which one is the right to do pressure up? Could you pls help me to sort it out?

Thank you...used to be one lever on my old Boiler...Was freezing to death until I watched this...couldn't work it out

Ah, now this one actually looks like my combi boiler I had installed February 2019 because of the location of the pressure gauge being at the front where the other controls are. Because on the other video clips I have seen and was sent by an Ideal Boilers staff member the pressure gauge was underneath and away from the other controls.. My pressure gauge reads zero and needed to read 1.5 bar.. How easy was that.. I will try that and nice to see someone who tells something knowing they are speaking to adults not children. My last Baxi boiler should of gone to an Archaeology museum.. My new combi boiler has reduced my heating and hot water bills by up to 60%. Lubbly Jubbly.. It's one of those cold misty nights here again but I am warm as toast indoors thanks to this video. Well done and thanks for posting. I bet the company are cheesed off with enquiries regarding simple boiler maintenance repair and quite rightly too.?

I have the series 18 and the adjustment was by the water tank in the airing cupboard

Another person saved today. Thank you. !

Quick & easy topping up the boiler thanks to this video

Great video - thank u as it saved me call out charges and also having to ring up husband who is out of country. However my boiler although exactly same as yours, had a black lever also so its one blue & one black at the front. There were 2 blue (one at the back) but that didn’t work so then i closed the back blue and tried the front blue & front black and viola! 😅

Thanks. We have an Esprit eco and the taps are grey but managed to work it out from your video, so thanks!!

I cannot believe it was that easy... Thanks very much

omg thanks! i needed wash my hair and i was sat there for like half an hour but i watcjed this and it happened straight away! THANKSSS

This video saved me from giving some pounds out. Was a bit stressed nearly called an engineer to come check out. Landed on this video and it did the magic. Thanks

Great video, just been bleeding my radiators in sub zero weather, realised I've never done this for my new boiler. Why don't the instructions just say pull the blue levers? 😭 Who writes these manuals? Such a simple process, I'd still be trying to figure it out 😄🤦🏻‍♂️

Thank you! Saved me so much time and effort 👌 🎉❤

Thanks so much! Saved me a freezing cold shower on an even more freezing morning

This was so helpful!! Thank you

Done this bit the gauge barely moved above 0. Managed to get the water hot again though so it worked 👍

Just topped my boiler after watching this video. Thanks

Thank you, that was so helpful. It’s not what it says in the user manual but it worked so I’m very happy 👏

We was in a right flap n the is vid fixed us , many thanks mate

Great video! Saved me from having to call the engineer. Thank you

Cheers pal , so easy . My ice queen of a wife is now happy 👍

Simplicity, I fixed this in minutes, thanks. 👍🏽💯😎

Life saver! Thank you! What happens if it's winter, so the radiators had been on when the pressure dropped and I don't bleed them?

Thank you, the manual was not helpful but you showed me exactly what I had to do!

This is magic so easy I have learned something new thank you for sharing

Just had to do ours.. Thanks for a quick & easy demonstration

Thanks for posting this, Colin, you're a gem!

Your are a total legend! Heatings back on!

2 second job because of this video. Thank you.

If you cannot find a leak anywhere on this boiler, why does the water pressure drop, my one was installed very recently and the heating has been on probably for the first time, and now its dropped to just below 1 bar, its been used for hw only from installation,, thanks for this video, and i thought I would just ask about why this happens and is it something we will just have to do from time to time,.

Thanks for the video - though our's is not in blue colour but somehow figured out the correct switches

This is exactly what RU-vid is and should be for. Great video and thank you for the upload....saved me calling someone out

Awesome, fast and clear. Solve the problem. Thanks a lot.

Had to pressurise Combi again, after over a year of it being ok. No sign of any obvious leaks anywhere. Maybe it just loses pressure over time and with things like the washing machine and or shower being used? It takes longer to get to the boiler than it does to do the job.

Worked perfectly, you're our saviour!

So helpful! You have saved two very cold girls 😂

You saved my life 😘

Thank you for explanation, but I have an opposite problem. The pressure rise when I turn it on. Any suggestion please?

Cheers, great video....shame my estate agents aren't as helpful as you 😂👍

Thanks for the video, it works fine now after following your guidance, thanks for posting 👍

Thank you that was so easy and made me feel empowered :)

Excellent, potential problem solved in less than two mins - many thanks - (glad you made a point about the heat - thumbs up) Try this one for two mins please - How do I make the display Auto sleep (blank screen) ? as my new Logic max Combi C 24 wants to stay lit 24/7. It is one day old. Help appreciated, regards, Jim.

grt video. how do i reduce the pressure if i put too much in just under 2bar?

Thank you very much. Just got my boiler kicking.

Brilliant, works like magic. Thank you sir

Nice! I had to remove 2 caps & connect the little pipe 😡 but after that straight foward.

This is so helpful. Thank you for the video.

Great video; that was quick.

Absolute legend!!

Hello,thanks so much for the video.How long should it be turned on?

Is there any time you need to add water with the black tap. or does it do it automatically.